Wire-splicing tool.



c. W. ACKERSON.

WIRE SPLICING TOOL.

APPLxcATloN FILED SEPT. 16, 19u-6.

1,237,441. Patented Aug. 21, 1917.

ff J2 5 7 MZMM ttomm soN, a citizen of the CHARLES W. ACKERSON, 0FWESTERVILLE, OHIO.

WIRE-SPLICING TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1917.

Application filed September 16, 1916. Serial No. 120,444.

T0 all whom 'it may concern: I

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. AGKER- United States, residing atlVesterville, in the county of 'Franklin and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful lmprovements in Vire- Splicing Tools, ofwhich the following is a specification. f

This invention relates to wire splicing tools and is designedparticularly for use in joining the meetingends of the wires forming thediferent lengths of fences. As is known, wire fencing comes in certainlengths and after `f this length has been erected, it is necessary tojoin it with the following length, in order that a certain portion of itmay not be wasted. To' this end, my invention is particularly adapted.

The main object of my invention resides in a structure whereby the coilsforming the joint between wire sections may be effectively made to guardagainst slippage and also wherein the coils or turns of the wire areclosely formed with respect to each other.

A further object of this invention resides in so forming the structurethat it may be made reversible in that its opposite faces may be usedand in so doing, these opposite faces are preferably so formed thatwires of diii'erent sizes may be accommodated.

Other objects of my invention will become more apparent after a furtherdetailed description of the accompanying sheet of drawings, in whichsimilar characters of reference designate corresponding parts, and inwhich:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing the manner in which myimproved tool is used,

Fig. 2 is .a side view of the tool,

Fig. 3 is a view looking from the left of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is a section Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5 is shown in Fig. 3.

My improved tool comprises essentially a handle 1 apertured at its upperend, as shown at 2, for convenience in supporting it when not in use anda head at its lower taken on l'line 4-4 of lend which is designated bythe reference numeral 3. The lower half of this head is rovided with aslot 4, which slot is preferably located centrally between the two sidefaces 5 and 6 of the head. Communicating a bottom view of the structurevwith this central slot 4, are a pair of lateral slots 7 and 8, theselatter slots leading in opposite directions and being of a lengthslightly greater than half the diameter of the head so that their innerends register to present an aperture shown at 9. The upper walls ofthese lateral slots 7 and S are also flush with the bottom wall of theslot 4, so that a double structure 10 is presented, which is of a widthas indicated in Fig. 4. Also, the outside faces of the head are eachprovided with a plurality of lugs 11 disposed on opposite sides yof theslots 7 and 8 to present gripping slots 12 and 13 and also spaced fromeach other in the other direction to present gripping slots 14 and 15.It will,

therefore, appear that there are four of these lugs on each face of thehead 3 spaced from each other in both directions to present grippingslots which intersect after the manner shown in Fig. 2 and which lugsare of a size so that the slots formed in one face are larger than thoseformed in the other face, to accommodate different sizes of wire.Reference to Fig. 1 will show that it is the coiled wire which is to belocated in these slots.

The manner of using my tool is .as follows: The tool itself is initiallyplaced in such position that the slot 4 lies parallel with the wiresections t-o be joined and the tool is passed over one of these wiresections beyond the end of one of the sections, it being understood thatsecurely held by some other type of tool at the point indicated by thenumeral 18 in Fig. 1 and the end of one wire bent out laterally, asshown in Fig. 1. After the tool has thus been placed in position, it isgiven ,a turn through an arc of ninety degrees, which is permissiblebecause of the slots 7 and 8 leading in opposite directions, thusbringing the wire into the aperture 9. At this point, it may be well torelate that the faces 16 and 17, as shown in Fig. 4, form two bearingpoints to maintain the handle in its proper osition.

The tool is then moved lengthwise of the wire to bring the bent portioninto engagement with one of the gripping slots, as is shown in Fig. 1,`and the tool itself given either a partial or a complete revolution. Incase the fence worked upon is in such position that aA completerevolution of the handle is impossible, a half revolution may be madeand the tool then moved lat the two meeting ends areerally to bring thetwisted wire out of en-' gagement with the gripping slot and the toolthen turned back through the arc of movement through which it haspreviously moved' and the operation then repeated. After one wire endhas been coiled, the operation is repeated on the other wire end.`

It will thus appear thatthe slots on thel opposite sides of the head 3form the means of presenting lugs so spaced that different sizes Vofwire may be accommodated, and in f .addition the two bearing points 16and 17 prising a handle, a head onsaid handle,

said head having a slot in its lower end betweenv its two side facesthereby dividing thelower end into sections, each section also having alateral slot communicating through its entire length with saidiirst-named slot,

f the inner ends of said lateral slots registerandra plurality ing topresent an aperture, of laterally projecting lugs on the: outside Copiesofy this patent may-be obtained for ve cents each,

- head having a slot in its lower end between its two side faces'thereby dividing the lower end into sections, each section also having alateral slot extending into lthe head a distance Ain 'excess of half itsdiameter and from opposite sides, the upper edge' of eachv lateral slotbeing iushwith the vbottom wall of said first-named slot and saidlateral slots communicating through their entire lengths with saidfirst-named slot, the inner ends of said lateral slots registering topresent an aperture, Land .a plurality of laterally projecting lugs onfthe outside faces of said head located on opposite sides of said lateralslots to form gripping slots,` said lugs on opposite faces being ofdifferent sizes to present gripping slots on opposite faces of differentsizes.

\ In testimony whereof l aiiix my signature in presencev of Vtwowitnesses.

CHARLES w'. ACK-Esseri.

Witnesses: e

vWALTER-lil. LBOCK, A. L. HELPS.

byfaddressing 4the "Commissione'r of Patents,

Washington, D. U.

